During the actual raid, they actually didn't even have their guns on them. If I'm not mistaken, they took them out and used broomsticks that they painted black because they took a lot of stuff off of those bombers to make them light enough to be able to take off the Carrier deck.
You are wrong. The aircraft carried all machine guns they were issued. 2 .50 caliber machine guns in the upper turret. A single .50 caliber machine gun in the nose which the bombardier (not a gunner) manned. These early model B-25's did not have tail guns so the Doolittle crews installed broomsticks in the clear tail blisters to hopefully prevent any Japanese fighters to attack them from the rear.
@@davidcovarubias4729 thanks for the correction I don't know much about this raid I thought they had taken off all the guns as part of the process. They did to make them light enough to go up into the air from the carrier
@@davidcovarubias4729 You neglected to say the ventral turret was removed and the opening that was created, covered with a plate. These aircraft also had an extra fuel tank located in the bomb bay. The tail blister was never a gunner's position. It was originally designed solely for observation with a crew member lying prone. You are correct in stating that broom sticks, painted black, were fitted to these aircraft to deter attacks from the rear by Japanese fighters.
@@markfranks1329 The ventral gun turrets were found to be ineffective and were removed from all B-25's that had them. They were no longer being installed at the factory and squadrons that had them removed the turrets from their aircraft. As far as I know all 16 of the Dolittle B-25's left the factory without these ventral turrets. I have seen no mention of these turrets in any documentation about the Dolittle raid so I believe that I am correct in this subject. These turrets were only installed on early B and C model aircraft. You are correct about the tail blisters on early B-25's. I believe the J model was the first type to have a tail gun position with twin fifties. I think the 16 Dolittle B-25's were C models.
The B-25B did not have a tail gunner but it did have a 30 caliber gun placement port in the nose. Its crew consisted of a pilot, copilot, bombardier, and engineer-top turret gunner. The Doolittle raid added a navigator so the blue patch on the top you pointed to would have been the added glass cone for the navigator to take star shots for navigation. They cut the cone part of the tail section and put in two cut off broomsticks that were painted black to look like two 50 caliber machine guns. I recommend watching the 1944 movie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo with Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson as the leading characters.
I congratulate you on the two Reviews of the B-25B Mitchell Bomber and the F-14 Tomcat, which are my favorite aircraft. Even though I have some simpler and cheaper models, they are my treasures.
😎👍Very cool and a very great and wonderfully beautiful looking B25 model indeed and I myself own quite a few of the Corgi die-cast WW2 fighter air craft as well and most of them do come with pilot figures but there are few that don't.
The Doolittle B-25Bs had the forward .50 cal gun replaced by a .30 cal to save weight. The "forward gunner" you're talking about was the bombardier. The tail guns were actually wooden dowels or broomstick handles meant to look like guns.
I remember if i am not mistake , 21st Century toys is planning to release 1/18 B-25 few years before they went bankrupt , it will be amazing if they didn't bankrupt and release that model
Nice looking model, the crew is amazing for this size scale. Overall the model could represent the early B-25' s. The Hornet was spotted early by Japanese fishing boats , 200 miles before primary take off point. Because of that everything not need was taken out to lighten up the aircraft for additional cans of fuel. So the tail gun was removed and replaced by black painted broom sticks the nose gun was removed but that's where the navigator / bombardier was. That little blue spot is where a glass dome was that was used for navigation. Great stand to display. Now I just have to cut my beer money again to get one of these :-) Good to see you again, Cheers till the next one.
Not 'could represent'. It IS an early B-25. A B-25B, to be precise. In addition, there was never originally a tail gunner's position on these early aircraft.
true the Japanese didn't know that so the fake broom sticks might have worked if approached by rear. The emblem at the time had a red ball in middle and at the beginning of crossing the coast Japanese farmers waved at them. You cant tell all the details in a comment on UA-cam.@@markfranks1329
They did the bombardier was in the nose my uncle was in the raid If you ever see the movie midway, the opening scenes. What you say is a good little way. Taking off from the hornet, the plane you see, that's dropping the bombs. The ruptured duck that was my uncle's point, Teddy Lawson. I also do the one who wrote the book thirty seconds over tokyo
The late C.V. Glines was the Raiders’ official historian. He was also one of few honorary members of the group. His book “ Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders” was published in the early ‘60s. It is very good, as is “The Doolittle Raid”. The latest on the raid is James Scott’s “Target Tokyo”, which is very comprehensive. There was an earlier, smaller “Target Tokyo” by James Merrill in 1964. I wasn’t very impressed with Craig Nelson’s “The First Heroes”. He kept calling the B-25s “B”. But it’s worth a glance because of the uniqueness of the event. I don’t know if Nelson was an aviator, but Glines was.
You got me with the thumbnail, I thought you got a huge scale there like at 1:18 or 1:24 lol! But still a great review nonetheless =D That has a lot of neat details.
Its hard to showcase the details of the model and include myself 😂 (to stay in line with the theme of my channel and other thumbnails). Glad you enjoyed the video! 🫡
Looks pretty nice. To clarify: Doolittle's planes went into action with only Two .50 cal. Browning guns in the turret and one .30 cal. Browning the nose. The bottom turret guns were removed for the mission and in the tail they installed painted broomsticks to fake a set of tail guns that were bolted in solid! (originally there were NONE!!!) The blue tab is were the plexi-dome was for navigation, not sure why it's not there. Each plane had a crew of 5: Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator/radio operator, Bombardier (also front gunner) Turret gunner. Watch "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" (Spencer Tracy & Van Johnson) for a good approximation of Ted Lawson's experience. BTW the flight scene with black smoke is an oil fire over Oakland that they sent up a plane to take additional footage flown by Paul Mantz, this added a lot to the credibility to their Tokyo bombing run.
The detail is great on the 1:72 scale, I just built the Revell glue together 1/48 scale B-25 bomber and it doesn't have the gunners in the turrets. That was a great movie - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
I don't think they had a nose Gunner either because if I remember right they stripped those planes down to the bare necessities to get off the aircraft carrier they need more fuel to make it to Japan so they strip them pretty much bear... Very well detailed model Awesome review!
Same here. I also read they painted broom sticks and use them instead of guns in the tail gunner position to remove weight but still try and fend off Fighters. Thank you! 💯
@@t.j.lemaster8653 this one is a 7 probably. The Corgi Bombers go for quite a lot bc they do limited runs for each model. However, I found this one for $130 including shipping on ebay so the deals are out there.
Good video, I like the B-25B bomber it's a nice model... I don't remember if you have a video of these models but, would be cool if you make a review of the B-29 superfortress or the DH .98 Mosquito, nice video btw.
I agree, I have been looking for the B-17 myself just trying to find the best deal bc they can definitely be pricey. I also really like their B-24 however, from all the pictures, it looks like the nose is plastic and a different shade of color than the rest of the body which bothers me 😂.
I love Corgis bigger WW2 diecast, I have there B-17F Memphis Belle, B-24D Strawberry Bitch, OA-10 (PBY-5A) Snafu Snatcher, and just recently got their L4 C-47D. I have AF1s B-25B Doolittles, but seeing the same one in corgi, but I may have to swap it out for corgis if I can get my hands on one.
During the Dolittle ride, they actually had broomsticks instead of guns so that way they could look like they had gun, and that would scare the Japanese the guns the real guns that I mean, were actually removed by the way I love your videos😅
i got to see the B-25, B-17, B24 and P51 mustang up close and personal. they even let us go inside the two big bombers and walk through. it was kind of cramped inside and the planes were not as big inside or outside as i thought they would be in person but still very cool. you could buy a ride on them but it was expensive and i don't have the nerve for that. one of the coolest parts was i got there early and got to see and hear all the planes fly in and it was a small airport.@@MilitaryVehicleReviews
Each aircraft jad a full crew, thevtail guns were removed and nroom sticks were put in olave to simulate guns, the guy in front is the bombadeer, his second job was gunner
There is a book available titled “The Doolittle Raid” by Carroll V Gaines is an excellent source of information on the details of the aircraft, stores, crew members and just about anything you want to know about the event. He’s an excellent historical author with the correct facts and fictions about the raid. For example: if you look all the photos of the aircraft on the deck, you will notice that none of the propeller tips are painted yellow as with the prop hub assembly all being black. There’s a reason for this. He even goes into detail as to what color the bombs were. I think anyone interested in this raid or the B-25’s should get this book!
NOT ACCURATE THERE WAS NO TAIL GUN BLISTERS ON ANY 25’s on the raid! Some had broom sticks Stuck in the tail.No fixed nose guns,but the bottom ball turrets were removed!
During the actual raid, they actually didn't even have their guns on them. If I'm not mistaken, they took them out and used broomsticks that they painted black because they took a lot of stuff off of those bombers to make them light enough to be able to take off the Carrier deck.
You are wrong. The aircraft carried all machine guns they were issued. 2 .50 caliber machine guns in the upper turret. A single .50 caliber machine gun in the nose which the bombardier (not a gunner) manned. These early model B-25's did not have tail guns so the Doolittle crews installed broomsticks in the clear tail blisters to hopefully prevent any Japanese fighters to attack them from the rear.
@@davidcovarubias4729 thanks for the correction I don't know much about this raid I thought they had taken off all the guns as part of the process. They did to make them light enough to go up into the air from the carrier
You are very welcome. Later B-25 models had a tail gun station with twin .50 caliber machine guns.@@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg
@@davidcovarubias4729 You neglected to say the ventral turret was removed and the opening that was created, covered with a plate. These aircraft also had an extra fuel tank located in the bomb bay.
The tail blister was never a gunner's position. It was originally designed solely for observation with a crew member lying prone. You are correct in stating that broom sticks, painted black, were fitted to these aircraft to deter attacks from the rear by Japanese fighters.
@@markfranks1329 The ventral gun turrets were found to be ineffective and were removed from all B-25's that had them. They were no longer being installed at the factory and squadrons that had them removed the turrets from their aircraft. As far as I know all 16 of the Dolittle B-25's left the factory without these ventral turrets. I have seen no mention of these turrets in any documentation about the Dolittle raid so I believe that I am correct in this subject. These turrets were only installed on early B and C model aircraft. You are correct about the tail blisters on early B-25's. I believe the J model was the first type to have a tail gun position with twin fifties. I think the 16 Dolittle B-25's were C models.
The B-25B did not have a tail gunner but it did have a 30 caliber gun placement port in the nose. Its crew consisted of a pilot, copilot, bombardier, and engineer-top turret gunner. The Doolittle raid added a navigator so the blue patch on the top you pointed to would have been the added glass cone for the navigator to take star shots for navigation. They cut the cone part of the tail section and put in two cut off broomsticks that were painted black to look like two 50 caliber machine guns. I recommend watching the 1944 movie Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo with Spencer Tracy and Van Johnson as the leading characters.
I congratulate you on the two Reviews of the B-25B Mitchell Bomber and the F-14 Tomcat, which are my favorite aircraft. Even though I have some simpler and cheaper models, they are my treasures.
Thank you! I appreciate you watching 🫡
😎👍Very cool and a very great and wonderfully beautiful looking B25 model indeed and I myself own quite a few of the Corgi die-cast WW2 fighter air craft as well and most of them do come with pilot figures but there are few that don't.
The Doolittle B-25Bs had the forward .50 cal gun replaced by a .30 cal to save weight. The "forward gunner" you're talking about was the bombardier. The tail guns were actually wooden dowels or broomstick handles meant to look like guns.
THIS LOOKS SO GOOD
I THINK THATS ONE OF MY FAVOURITES🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤😊😊😊😊
Mitchell are one of the coolest bombers from ww2
I remember if i am not mistake , 21st Century toys is planning to release 1/18 B-25 few years before they went bankrupt , it will be amazing if they didn't bankrupt and release that model
That would have been AMAZING!
They had a nose gunner but NO tail gunner, in fact the tail guns were fake on the actual aircraft to save weight.
Looks great. a B-17 in this scale would be really cool.
Nice looking model, the crew is amazing for this size scale. Overall the model could represent the early B-25' s. The Hornet was spotted early by Japanese fishing boats , 200 miles before primary take off point. Because of that everything not need was taken out to lighten up the aircraft for additional cans of fuel. So the tail gun was removed and replaced by black painted broom sticks the nose gun was removed but that's where the navigator / bombardier was. That little blue spot is where a glass dome was that was used for navigation. Great stand to display. Now I just have to cut my beer money again to get one of these :-) Good to see you again, Cheers till the next one.
Not 'could represent'. It IS an early B-25. A B-25B, to be precise.
In addition, there was never originally a tail gunner's position on these early aircraft.
true the Japanese didn't know that so the fake broom sticks might have worked if approached by rear. The emblem at the time had a red ball in middle and at the beginning of crossing the coast Japanese farmers waved at them. You cant tell all the details in a comment on UA-cam.@@markfranks1329
I don’t believe the nose gun was removed. For takeoff and prior to combat it was stowed on the starboard side of the bombardiers compartment.
They did the bombardier was in the nose my uncle was in the raid If you ever see the movie midway, the opening scenes. What you say is a good little way. Taking off from the hornet, the plane you see, that's dropping the bombs. The ruptured duck that was my uncle's point, Teddy Lawson.
I also do the one who wrote the book thirty seconds over tokyo
Corgi do a model of the B25 Ruptured Duck from this raid also
The late C.V. Glines was the Raiders’ official historian. He was also one of few honorary members of the group. His book “ Doolittle’s Tokyo Raiders” was published in the early ‘60s. It is very good, as is “The Doolittle Raid”. The latest on the raid is James Scott’s “Target Tokyo”, which is very comprehensive. There was an earlier, smaller “Target Tokyo” by James Merrill in 1964. I wasn’t very impressed with Craig Nelson’s “The First Heroes”. He kept calling the B-25s “B”. But it’s worth a glance because of the uniqueness of the event. I don’t know if Nelson was an aviator, but Glines was.
You got me with the thumbnail, I thought you got a huge scale there like at 1:18 or 1:24 lol! But still a great review nonetheless =D That has a lot of neat details.
Its hard to showcase the details of the model and include myself 😂 (to stay in line with the theme of my channel and other thumbnails). Glad you enjoyed the video! 🫡
Yes, Nose Gunners were used in the raid. The Nose Gunner strafed many targets. Now the tail gun barrels in the tail were simulated.
Ahh ok thats what I remembered reading somewhere.
The men in the nose were bombadiers, not gunners. Bombardiers did man the gun.
that is a nice detailed model. i built one about the same size in the early 60's, it was a monogram kit.
Oh God! I remember those!! My dad flew in the tail during WWII, my favorite airplane!
Planes of that era needed a dome for navigation by the stars
Corgi did a good job on their B25's. Still waiting on a Whitley though....or a Hamden....
It’s the return of the king
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Watch the 1944 movie 30 seconds over Tokyo, with Spencer Tracy, & Van Johnson great movie
Will check it out. 🫡💯
Looks pretty nice. To clarify: Doolittle's planes went into action with only Two .50 cal. Browning guns in the turret and one .30 cal. Browning the nose. The bottom turret guns were removed for the mission and in the tail they installed painted broomsticks to fake a set of tail guns that were bolted in solid! (originally there were NONE!!!)
The blue tab is were the plexi-dome was for navigation, not sure why it's not there. Each plane had a crew of 5: Pilot,
Co-pilot,
Navigator/radio operator,
Bombardier (also front gunner)
Turret gunner.
Watch "30 Seconds Over Tokyo" (Spencer Tracy & Van Johnson) for a good approximation of Ted Lawson's experience. BTW the flight scene with black smoke is an oil fire over Oakland that they sent up a plane to take additional footage flown by Paul Mantz, this added a lot to the credibility to their Tokyo bombing run.
Good info! Thanks for sharing. 🫡💯
Where he was pointing to is a clear dome for navigation
The detail is great on the 1:72 scale, I just built the Revell glue together 1/48 scale B-25 bomber and it doesn't have the gunners in the turrets. That was a great movie - Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo.
I agree! I want to build one for sure. 👍
Corgi. The best in diecast.
Just to tell you the aircraft carrier that had a B25s on it. What is the hornet and the enterprise was the carrier for covering the task force
I don't think they had a nose Gunner either because if I remember right they stripped those planes down to the bare necessities to get off the aircraft carrier they need more fuel to make it to Japan so they strip them pretty much bear... Very well detailed model Awesome review!
Same here. I also read they painted broom sticks and use them instead of guns in the tail gunner position to remove weight but still try and fend off Fighters. Thank you! 💯
@@MilitaryVehicleReviews on a scale 1 to 10 what's the price range like 10 being fairly high?
@@t.j.lemaster8653 this one is a 7 probably. The Corgi Bombers go for quite a lot bc they do limited runs for each model. However, I found this one for $130 including shipping on ebay so the deals are out there.
No opening bomb bay?
Another nice bomber model would be forces of valor 1:72 B-26 Marauder.
the wheels on b 25 would stick out a little the reason for that so that it would be badly damage and get easyly repair in case of a belly landing
Great video
Thank you! 🫡
The “nose gunner” is the bombardier as well.
Yup! 🫡💯
Another pretty good review.
Thank you!
That looks good. How much do it cost?
Good video, I like the B-25B bomber it's a nice model... I don't remember if you have a video of these models but, would be cool if you make a review of the B-29 superfortress or the DH .98 Mosquito, nice video btw.
Thank you, appreciate it! 💯. I will probably end up getting those to review in the future.
U Are back!! I love there vids but the toys are not in my country 😢
Thank you for watching! 🫡. Bummer you cant get these models. Have you tried ebay?
@@MilitaryVehicleReviews Yeah but my parents wont let me buy it
Corgi has some solid stuff. I’ve been wanting to get their B17 in 1/72 scale
I agree, I have been looking for the B-17 myself just trying to find the best deal bc they can definitely be pricey. I also really like their B-24 however, from all the pictures, it looks like the nose is plastic and a different shade of color than the rest of the body which bothers me 😂.
I love Corgis bigger WW2 diecast, I have there B-17F Memphis Belle, B-24D Strawberry Bitch, OA-10 (PBY-5A) Snafu Snatcher, and just recently got their L4 C-47D. I have AF1s B-25B Doolittles, but seeing the same one in corgi, but I may have to swap it out for corgis if I can get my hands on one.
@@MilitaryVehicleReviews Yikes that’s a shame. I’ll have to check eBay. Most of the Forts I’m seeing are around $230 🥶
@@HankyInTheTanky the Memphis Bell is a good one to have! Wish I could have snagged one.
@@HankyInTheTanky I also looked at the AF1 version.
During the Dolittle ride, they actually had broomsticks instead of guns so that way they could look like they had gun, and that would scare the Japanese the guns the real guns that I mean, were actually removed by the way I love your videos😅
cool detail
Please, can you review the new forces of valor 1/32 tanks? I enjoyed your video where you reviewed the Valor force 1/32 tanks.
i got to see a real one at a small air show fly in with some other big planes. they were owned by collings foundation.
Awesome! I wanna see one in person one day. 🫡💯
i got to see the B-25, B-17, B24 and P51 mustang up close and personal. they even let us go inside the two big bombers and walk through. it was kind of cramped inside and the planes were not as big inside or outside as i thought they would be in person but still very cool. you could buy a ride on them but it was expensive and i don't have the nerve for that. one of the coolest parts was i got there early and got to see and hear all the planes fly in and it was a small airport.@@MilitaryVehicleReviews
If six year old me watched this I would’ve had my mind literally blown.
Each aircraft jad a full crew, thevtail guns were removed and nroom sticks were put in olave to simulate guns, the guy in front is the bombadeer, his second job was gunner
I did hear about the broomstick tail guns. Good info. Thanks for watching. 🫡
@@MilitaryVehicleReviews like yer vids, i just cant text some times
I WANT THIS MODEL !
Can you do a b17 1/72 model
I do plan on getting one to review 🫡.
I have one by corgi it was £100@@MilitaryVehicleReviews
Where can you buy these?
I got mine on ebay for about $130 shipped. They can be more though.
Where did you get that?! I definitely should get this model!
I got it on ebay for about $130 shipped. I got a good deal but they do come up.
Dooliitle raid was something different❤
Yes it was 🫡
That's a good looking model. I flew in the Park Service B-25. How much does it cost?
Thats awesome! I would love to fly in one. I got this one for $130 shipped on eBay. They are typically a little more expensive.
Could you do a b-17
This is really good
Donde se puede comprar las maquetas
I got it on ebay for about $130 shipped.
New plane yay
This is Actually nice Where did you get those Please say the link in the reply 😄
I agree, its a great model. I got mine on ebay for about $130 shipped.
Where to buy please
I got mine in ebay for about $130 with shipping. Typically its more.
Its accurate
Iam pretty sure there is a nose gunner I don’t think it was the j model
Your suppose to have a glob where the blue spot is
Thats what I thought.. 🫡💯
I must say that the bombardier and the nose gunner were alot of times the same person
awesome!
Needs weathering
Other comments are correct the planes are stripped of all their armament to increase the range for fuel
They all had one 30 caliber gun on the nose and twin fifties in the top turret. The only armament that was removed was the dorsal turret.
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i like the plane airplane
Nice
Espetacular, fantástico parabéns, abraço.👏👍🇧🇷
Thank you! 🫡
They removed all the weapons to get weight down to get off the carrier.
Nice, from indonesia
Thank you!
Buenas tardes que precio
Thanks for watching! I got it on ebay for about $130 shipped.
Que buen servicio compadre
There is a book available titled “The Doolittle Raid” by Carroll V Gaines is an excellent source of information on the details of the aircraft, stores, crew members and just about anything you want to know about the event. He’s an excellent historical author with the correct facts and fictions about the raid. For example: if you look all the photos of the aircraft on the deck, you will notice that none of the propeller tips are painted yellow as with the prop hub assembly all being black. There’s a reason for this.
He even goes into detail as to what color the bombs were. I think anyone interested in this raid or the B-25’s should get this book!
the only gun the b 25 did not have was the tail gun
Like video
Thank you!
That's some dope a*s plane
What? I thought u was reviewing an large Scale model
I wish they made these bigger!
Front gunner? You're kidding. You mean bombardier.
He also served as the gunner… 🫡💯
Holy misleading thumbnail batman
Not click bait. See most of my video thumbnails. Trying to keep in line and similar but showcase the model.
@@MilitaryVehicleReviews i watch most of your videos my man~ mostly the 1:18th stuff
Thank you! Appreciate it. I want to do more 1:18 stuff but they are getting hard to find.
No it's not accurate there was no noise guner
О я первый хоть где то
Yes b25 hat nose Gun but wae hat tog Guns aut
NOT ACCURATE THERE WAS NO TAIL GUN BLISTERS ON ANY 25’s on the raid! Some had broom sticks Stuck in the tail.No fixed nose guns,but the bottom ball turrets were removed!
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